"Like." Oh yes, it's still around, and it's still annoying as hell when it's not being used in a simile. Especially if it's flung around the conversation where most people would simply say "um" or pause for half a second to collect their thoughts before speaking.

"Like." Oh yes, it's still around, and it's still annoying as hell when it's not being used in a simile. Especially if it's flung around the conversation where most people would simply say "um" or pause for half a second to collect their thoughts before speaking.

Oh I'm with you on that one. "Like" drives me nuts. Now I'm prone to pepper my speech with some "um's" here and there. However, I've even seen people use both "like" and "um," and frequently. Or even stick in a "you know" before the "like."

Overuse of the words "basically" and "obviously" also annoy me. "Basically" either means the person feels he/she is dumbing down the thing they're explaining, or they don't have a clue what they're talking about and adding the word "basically" makes them fill in some words. "Obviously" drives even more nuts, and you see this done by public speakers all the time. If you're having to explain a thing to me, then it certainly isn't obvious, or you wouldn't have to explain it, would you? Or maybe the person is explaining something to a group, and they say some point they are making is obvious. Well, it may be obvious to some, but why would you assume it's obvious to everyone? Thanks for making the rest of us feel like morons because we don't "obviously" get it.

"Always the last place you look." I know this is an old joke, but it's still good observational humor. Well, yeah, dips**t, if you found what you're looking for, and presuming that you're not going to keep looking for something once you've found it, it's pretty clear that it's going to be in the last place you look.

This is like the "You Know What Really Grinds My Gears" thread. I love it.

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